[AISWorld] Inviting Applications to our Ph.D Program (IT) at HEC Montreal

Mon Oct 31 12:10:10 EDT 2022

Dear Colleagues:

We are inviting applications to our Ph.D. program (Information Technology) for the fall semester of 2023.  We have one admission period yearly. The next application deadline is January 6, 2023 for the Fall 2023 admission, and details on the application process are available at https://www.hec.ca/en/programs/phd/index.html

We are particularly interested in students holding at least a master’s degree (or equivalent) in marketing, psychology, human-computer interaction, information systems, data science, neuroscience, or a related field. Desirable (but not required) qualifications include any among experimental research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, data analytics/visualization, data mining, machine learning, programming, web/graphic design skills, design/development of technology applications, and virtual reality / augmented reality. Experience with eye-tracking, brain-computer interfaces, and other neurophysiological methods is a plus

The PhD program at HEC Montreal

HEC Montréal's PhD program is well-suited to those with an academic background from the administration or technology fields  and who have strong interest and aptitude for research. Our program ss offered in partnership with McGill University and Concordia University, and one of the city’s French- speaking universities, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). As a result, PhD courses are offered in both English and French, but you can complete all your courses and your dissertation in English, if you wish.

HEC Montreal is Canada’s oldest business school and one of the first in North America, HEC Montréal has consistently been recognized as a premier institution, including in the recent rankings as a Top 100 Worldwide Business School Based on Research Contributions by the University of Texas-Dallas, as Tier I in the Global MBA Rankings by CEO Magazine, among others (https://www.hec.ca/en/about/rankings/rankings.html). The university is situated in the heart of Montréal, a very welcoming university city that ranks as the second-largest university city in North America, which offers a safe and vibrant community with affordable cost of livi

More information about our program is available at https://www.hec.ca/en/programs/phd/phd-information-technology/

IT research groups within the PhD program

HEC Montréal offers doctoral students in information technology an exceptional scientific milieu headed up by GReSI<https://gresi.hec.ca/en/?noredirect=en_US>, a research group of renowned scholars, including five chairs and four professorships.

Chairs

-Chair in Strategic Management of Information Technology, directed by Professor Suzanne Rivard, Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and Senior Editor emeritus of Management Information Systems Quarterly
https://chairegestionti.hec.ca/en/?noredirect=en_US

-Research Chair in Digital Health, directed by Professor Guy Paré
https://chairetisante.hec.ca/en/

-NSERC-Prompt Industrial Research Chair in User Experience, directed by Professor Pierre-Majorique Léger
https://chaire_ux.hec.ca/en/

-Canada Research Chair in Digital Communication and Multitasking, directed by Professor Ann-Frances Cameron
https://chairemulticommunication.hec.ca/en/?noredirect=en_US

-Canada Research Chair in Enterprise Social Media and Digital Collaboration, directed by Professor Wietske Van Osch
https://chaire-rse-collaboration-numerique.hec.ca/en/

Research professorships

-Research professorship in strategy and management information systems: Professor Ana Ortiz de Guinea Lopez de Arana

-Research professorship in technology and aging: Professor Stefan Tams

-Research professorship in development and use of information systems: Professor Bogdan Negoita

-Research professorship in responsible adoption and diffusion of information technologies: Professor Camille Grange

Financial support provided to our PhD students

- Funding of $25,000 per year,  mostly in the form of untaxed scholarships
-Tuition fee waiver for a 4-year-period for all students
- Additional sources of revenue (including 1 to 2 teaching assignments during the 3rd or 4th year)
- Financial aid to participate in scientific activities (conference, doctoral consortium, summer school, writing workshop and job fairs)
- Additional support offered by the university: Welcoming sessions for newly admitted students; Scholarship preparation workshops; Workshops and personalized coaching by the library; Research Integrity workshop; Mentoring program for teaching; Free French courses

Again, the next application deadline is January 6, 2023 for the Fall 2023 admission, and details on the application process are available at https://www.hec.ca/en/programs/phd/index.html

For questions, please feel free to reach us at camille.grange at hec.ca<mailto:camille.grange at hec.ca>.

Camille Grange, M.Sc., Ph.D.  (She/Elle)
Professeure agrégée / Associate professor
Département technologies de l'information
3000, chemin de la Côte‑Sainte‑Catherine
Montréal (Québec)  H3T 2A7
Téléphone : 514 340-3615
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